Delay

Cosmic Slap

Slapback that starts tight and ends up in orbit.

$29USD · one-off Buy → $29
  • VST3 · AU · Standalone
  • Mac & Windows
  • Signed & notarised

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Cosmic Slap is a delay with five knobs and two switches. Set the time, feed it back, and the repeats darken and saturate as they go — a tight rockabilly slap at one end, a self-oscillating wash at the other.

Tempo sync locks the time to your session; ping-pong throws the repeats across the stereo field.

Watch it

Cosmic Slap in motion

Two presets, each played dry and then swept in, so you can hear what it does rather than watch knobs move. The actual plugin window — not a mock-up, not a slideshow.

Under the hood

Five knobs, two switches

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Feedback-scaled saturation

Drive is tied to the feedback amount, so pushing the repeats grows character instead of just level.

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A scene, not a faceplate

A procedural deep-space background — violet nebula, starfield, neon — with a hand-drawn alien and echo-tap shockwave rings that react to the feedback.

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Five controls, learnable in a minute

Time, feedback, tone, modulation and mix. No pages, no tabs, nothing hidden.

Hear it

Dry vs. Cosmic Slap

The same take, before and after. Hit play, then flip between the raw signal and the plugin doing its thing — no reload, no gap.

0:00 / 0:00

What you get

  • Mac: VST3, Audio Unit and Standalone — Universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 10.15 or newer
  • Windows: VST3, 64-bit — Windows 10 or newer
  • One purchase covers both platforms — the download includes the Mac and Windows builds together
  • The Mac build is Developer-ID signed and notarised by Apple — no Gatekeeper warnings
  • Free updates, and a licence for the computers you own

Installing it

On Mac, unzip and drop the .component into ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components and the .vst3 into ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3. On Windows, copy the .vst3 into C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. Then rescan in your DAW and it appears under Award Audio Tools. A step-by-step INSTALL.txt is in the zip.

See the whole journey, checkout to DAW →

Before you buy

Cosmic Slap questions

Is Cosmic Slap a VST plugin?

Yes — Cosmic Slap installs as a VST3 on both Mac and Windows. On Mac you also get an Audio Unit (AU) and a Standalone app in the same download. There is no VST2 build and no AAX build, so Cosmic Slap does not load in Pro Tools.

Which DAWs does Cosmic Slap work in?

Anything that hosts VST3 or Audio Units — Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper, Bitwig, GarageBand and Luna are all covered. Logic and GarageBand use the AU; the rest use the VST3. There's also a Standalone app on Mac if you just want to plug in and play without opening a DAW.

Does Cosmic Slap run on Apple Silicon and Windows?

Both. The Mac build is a Universal binary that runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1 through M4) and Intel, on macOS 10.15 or newer, and it's Developer-ID signed and notarised by Apple, so there's no Gatekeeper warning. The Windows build is 64-bit VST3 for Windows 10 or newer. One purchase covers both — the zip contains the Mac and Windows builds together.

How many presets does Cosmic Slap come with?

Cosmic Slap has no preset browser — it's a single control, so there's nothing to store beyond the knob position, which your DAW saves with the project.

Is Cosmic Slap a subscription?

No. $29 a one-off purchase with no subscription, no iLok and no dongle — you download it straight after checkout, updates are free, and the licence covers the computers you own. Whatever you make with it is entirely yours.

How do I install Cosmic Slap?

On Mac, unzip and drop the .component into ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components and the .vst3 into ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3. On Windows, copy the .vst3 into C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. Rescan in your DAW and it appears under Award Audio Tools. A step-by-step INSTALL.txt is in the zip.

Get Cosmic Slap

Slapback delay from the room to deep space.

$29USD · one-off Buy → $29

Not what you expected? 14-day refund, no questions asked. Every plugin is a digital download for Mac and Windows, licensed for your own use on the computers you own — and whatever you make with it is entirely yours. By purchasing you agree to our Terms of Use & Software Licence and Privacy Notice.

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